Religion News

6:07 AM on Sunday, March 1

Afghanistan says it has thwarted an attempted Pakistani airstrike on Bagram Air Base

12:03 AM on Sunday, March 1

Many Algerians mark Ramadan with prayer and shared meals, but rising prices make the holiday table hard to afford

5:57 PM on Saturday, February 28

Iranian state media say Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead

11:45 AM on Saturday, February 28

Nonstop Iranian missile fire has sent residents of central Israel scrambling in and out of shelters throughout the day

7:56 AM on Saturday, February 28

Michelangelo’s “The Last Judgement” is getting a facial

1:39 PM on Friday, February 27

Two American cardinals and the Vatican’s ambassador to the U.S. denounced the mass deportations in Minnesota under the federal government’s immigration crackdown

1:34 PM on Friday, February 27

Attorney General Pam Bondi says federal prosecutors have indicted 30 more people tied to a protest at a Minnesota church over an immigration enforcement crackdown

6:40 AM on Friday, February 27

U.S. President Donald Trump says he’s “not happy” with the latest talks over Iran’s nuclear program but has indicated he'll give the negotiators more time to reach a deal to avert another war in the Middle East

4:06 AM on Friday, February 27

A new Gallup poll shows that American sympathies in the Middle East have shifted dramatically toward the Palestinians after decades of overwhelming support for the Israelis

8:19 PM on Thursday, February 26

Items inside cartel boss “El Mencho’s” hideout showed a strong streak of popular religious devotion

7:44 PM on Thursday, February 26

A Bible-infused curriculum that Texas approved for public schools over pushback in 2024 will undergo corrections to fix hundreds of errors caught by teachers and education officials after the material was introduced to classrooms

9:07 AM on Thursday, February 26

6:49 AM on Thursday, February 26

Israel’s parliament has passed a preliminary reading of a bill that would put the country’s ultra-Orthodox chief rabbinate in charge of the entire Western Wall in Jerusalem, raising fears among reform Jews that mixed-gender prayer at the site will soon be outlawed

5:32 PM on Wednesday, February 25

A Lutheran pastor inspired in her youth by a Catholic priest and nuns is set to become the first female presiding bishop of the Kenya Evangelical Lutheran Church

10:45 AM on Wednesday, February 25

Security video obtained by The Associated Press shows Jewish settlers storming the Palestinian hamlet of Susiya and torching property in the southern West Bank

7:02 AM on Wednesday, February 25

The Vatican has announced a packed early-2026 travel schedule for Pope Leo XIV, with trips to Monaco, Spain, and four African countries

3:31 AM on Tuesday, February 24

A federal inquiry has begun into a rise in antisemitism across Australia before two gunmen allegedly killed 15 people at a Sydney Jewish festival

12:35 AM on Tuesday, February 24

Ahead of the 2026 Winter Paralympics, a choir from northern Italy performed inside a Milan church as part of an effort encouraging inclusion and unity in communities beyond the competition

2:51 PM on Monday, February 23

The Greek seaside town of Galaxidi has exploded into a messy “flour war” as many of its 1,700 residents and many visitors pelted each other with bags of dyed flour

8:31 AM on Monday, February 23

Supporters of Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye have held a prayer service in a Catholic cathedral to press for his release